The annual School-leaver Destination Report survey, which was carried out in October 2004, showed that one in five of those who leave school in Glasgow do not move into further education, employment or training.
But schools in the east end of the city, which had extra careers support, found that unemployment among their school-leavers dropped to nearly one in 10 last year, compared with one in five in 2000.
In one school, the school-leaver unemployment rate fell by a third after outreach workers got involved with pupils. And in another it dropped to less than one in 10. Careers Scotland attributed the success to a local multidisciplinary team, which supports young people and is linked to careers centres.
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